hi enigma: Geez, seems like there was a problem. Sorry it didn't play. You know the old saying: "Therein lies the problem." Typical for me, I haven't the faintest clue where "therein" is.

raed: Yes, there was sound.

But now, to both of you, not to worry because it not only played for me, it had sound! Neither of which helped me to understand it. Maybe the reason is--as anonymous explains above--it's a Libertarian thing.

THE BEGINNING IS NEAR

HUH?

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, "Look at that, you son of a bitch."

— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, People magazine, 8 April 1974.

"Keep in mind that this planet is no model for rational thought, and that what passes for sanity here is sending chills down the spine of the remainder of the universe." E.T. 101

"An Empire’s power depends on its ability to control the cultural stories and language that shape our collective understanding of our world and our choices as a species. Empire stories induce a kind of cultural trance that conditions us to accept the dominator relations of Empire as just and righteous and to dismiss talk of alternatives as naïve, dangerous, or even sinful." ~ David Korten